v. small question about freckles

[Evita]

Just wondered when freckles appear? Dp and especially me are v. freckly so I've sort of assumed dd might be. She's 17 months now and has 1 sole freckle on the back of her left shin which I'm sure she hasn't always had, I'm sure I'd have noticed it. That means it's just arrived and I wondered if it heralds the others.

Not sure really but DS2, now 10, is v freckly. Looking back at photos of himthey weren't really visible until he hit around 4 years old. Suspect it varies from child to child.

agree with the 'older they get' the more freckles-reckon it's to do with the sun as my nephew had none on his back till he got badly sunburnt at age 15 and now he's covered!

Yes, I'm covered with freckles, especially on my face but looking at photos of me as a v. little girl I didn't appear to have any. You never see v. little kids with freckles do you?

I have been wondering this! My daughter is 3, but is not yet freckly, though I am sure she will be. If I look closely, I can see some very light ones sprinkled across her nose, but that is all.

I wondered the same thing about moles, or beauty spots. Guess they would be the same as freckles.

My DS has 3-4 small moles which appeared when he was several months old I think - def not there at birth. (thumb, knee, chin). He has not get any freckles although I am quite freckly - arms, shoulders, face in summer. I'm sure its exposure to sun though. DH gets them across his nose/cheeks when he is on holiday but DS is generally fairly limey.

Freckles I think start to appear at around 4 or 5 yrs old and build up over the years. You can develop new moles up until about 30 years old, apparently, though I guess it's always wise to get new one checked out.

My son is a redhead and probably destined to have freckles. He got some across his nose last year after a holiday abroad aged 3. He loves his freckles though as he thinks they are where the sun has kissed him! I dare say more are on their way this summer!

my dd has 4 freckles on the side of her nose - I have always used a high factor sunscreen but dh and I are quite freckly ourselves. They look v cute just the few of them! She is 2.

My DS's first freckles appeared at 11mths after a 4 week summer holiday in Australia. He had cream and hat on the whole time and when at the beach was in a sun tent, when in his stroller was under a complete shade-a-babe configuration - so I don't think there was more I could have done to prevent them. He has one on his forehead and one on his wrist. I have freckles, but my DH doesn't.

I didn't have any freckles until I was 9yo. Still don't have lots, but do have them. Must depend a lot on skin tone; mine is pretty olive-y, actually, but I grew up in sunny Southern California.

Thanks everyone. Ok, I'll keep a closer lookout closer to age 3-4? But there is that mysterious lone freckle on the back of her leg.

Hi Evita, my DD is 22 months and I noticed her first freckle/tiny mole (what's the definition of each?!) on the back of her neck recently . We certainly haven't seen much sun recently either!